Hope Island
Copyright© 2020 by Yob
Chapter 1: Taunts
“Come in MOM, respond please! MAYDAY MAYDAY, calling MOM.”
MOM responded and they’re turning around. We will see them in about four years, if we survive. We may see them even if we are no longer human enough to appreciate them.
John and I use to be playmates before he changed. Even before the change he was derisive of the elders. Gruncle Iron and the Aunts are borg, he claimed. Hybrid human mechanical creatures. Well, if cyborg bodies make a borg, I suppose he’s correct, but that doesn’t mean they have a hive mind. The evil borg in the TV series had a hive mind. Slaves to their queen’s will. I don’t believe anyone is a mindless slave to Gruncle Iron.
“Come Rod! Thaw me out, or pass the message to Momma to thaw me out.”
Rod should hear me. I could hear and see Flotsam when I was little and Flotsam was OOB. Rod and I tested communications and the test proved he could hear me when I was OOB. Why isn’t he responding?
At most, I’ll be stuck in here for three days. The cryo-pod was automatically timed to thaw me after thirty-six hours, just in case mom and rod were captured or driven away.
No excuse for not answering me. There is one excuse for not answering me, I don’t want to consider. Actually, besides dead, Rod could merely be asleep, unconscious, or somebody stuffed him in cryo-stasis too. Only mom would do that, or would only consider doing that, if she needed to draw the Leafies away from the pods.
Worry isn’t good. Useless. Waiting is all I can do and there is no alternative. Or is there? Can I wander about as a OOB spirit? Hw would I do that? Concentrate on joining Rod.
Well, Rod is in cryo-stasis, and maybe that is a good thing. Concentrate on joining mom. Difficult. I can sense her but not join her. I sense her fear. Obviously, she senses danger and fears it.
Twenty more hours before I’m thawed out.
“Flotsam? Can you still hear me?”
“Yes Brenda. We are turning around but it takes awhile at this speed.”
“My mom is in danger. I’m stuck in my cryo-pod. Is there anything I can do while OOB to see her or see what her situation is?”
“Not recommended trying to wander off. Legend says if you suceed in wandering off, you may never find your way back again.”
“Well, that sounds like there is a way to wander off, or they wouldn’t caution against it.”
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